Neuilly sa mere! / Laferriere, Gabriel.

Abstract: Summary: 14-year-old Arab boy Sami Benboudaoud enjoys growing up in the rough-natured but familiar town of Chalon-sur-Sa©þne, where he spends his time palling around with several buddies. But when his mother takes a job on a cruise ship, Sami gets yanked out of the community against his will and dropped into the custody of his financially comfy aunt and uncle, who live in Neuilly. Sami instantly becomes a fish out of water, and must face a number of formidable nemeses, including his obnoxious cousin, Charles whose chief ambition is to become one of Sarkozy's successors, and a bigoted WASP-y school that perceives all Arabs as "scum," mirroring a notoriously racist, well-publicized remark from Sarkozy himself. Sami also falls hard for his cute, blonde, super-intellectual classmate Marie, who doesn't exactly warm to the idea of dating someone with Sami's ethnic background. ...Neuilly Yo Mama!